Sivertsen: Magnus Carlsen - das unerwartete Schachgenie Spielmaterial Nf6 - Introduction and 8

Nf6 - Introduction and 8

White frequently wins the queenside battle but this often turns out to be a Pyrrhic victory as Black wins the war by checkmating on the kingside

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Sivertsen: Magnus Carlsen - das unerwartete Schachgenie Spielmaterial Nf6 - Introduction and 8How is it possible that the current world chess champion comes from Norway, a country without a great chess tradition? Aage G. Sivertsen traces Magnus Carlsen's path to the top of the world chess elite, which at first glance looks like a coincidence, but on closer inspection can be understood as the logical consequence of clever support for a genius who was recognized early on. Carlsen, born in 1990, became a chess grandmaster at just 13 years of age